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No need for my biography in textbooks: Modi

| | May 30, 2014, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi, May 30 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his name should not be included in school textbooks.

"Am reading in the news that some states want to include Narendra Modi's life struggles as a part of their school curriculum," tweeted Modi.

"I firmly believe that the life story of living individuals should not be included as a part of the school curriculum," he said.

"India has a rich history of several stalwarts who made India what it is today. Young minds should read about these greats & emulate them," Modi posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Modi's tweets came after reports suggested that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh is likely to include a chapter on Modi in school textbooks.

"School textbooks already have chapters on biographies of freedom fighters and even Prime Ministers who have done well. So a biography of Mr Modi in textbooks will inspire students, as he has had a humble beginning as a tea vendor and now he has become the Prime Minister," Madhya Pradesh school education minister Paras Jain had told NDTV.

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